In 1999, David Faure bought several plots of old vines situated within the excellent terroir in Macau. He combined theses plots into a single vineyard, which he named Château Mille Roses. The estate has since grown 0.5 hectare to 6.5 hectares.
Since 2001, David faure has also planted vines (mostly Cabernet Sauvignon) in nearby Arsac. In 2004, he plans to add Petit Verdot from vines reproduced from select bud wood.

GRAPE VARIETIES
60% Merlot
40% Cabernet Sauvignon

AVERAGE AGE OF VINES
25 years

DENSITY OF VINES
5,000 to 7,000 plants/hectare

Pest management,
Traditionnal viticultural practices.
Bud pruning, suckering and leaf thinning.

TYPE OF HARVESTING
Hand picked into small plastic crates,
Hand sorted in the cellar.

FERMENTATION AND MACERATION
Stainless steel vats,
Maceration on the skin runs an average of 4 weeks.

MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION
Malolactic fermentation in 100% barrels.

• 18 months,
• 30% new oak barrels,
• 80% French oak, 20% US oak,
• Coopers : Berthomieu, Taransaud, Saint Martin, Saury, Radoux, Nadalié, and Canton,

• Egg white fining in barrels.
• Pre-filtration, no supplementary filtration.